Thanks for responding, Brian, it is greatly appreciated. To answer your questions:
Samba 3.4.2 is running on Solaris 8. WINS support is enabled in Samba. We are using a simple workgroup, not a domain structure. One single XP workstation, one single Solaris/Samba server. We are not using DNS, we are using the hosts file in XP. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Brian McGrew [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:31 PM To: Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520 SMXS/MXDEC Subject: Re: [Samba] Need Help Getting Windows XP To Use Samba Properly Hi, Robert! So, since I don't have the whole thread here, this question may be redundant, but are you running WINS? Do you have a Windows DC or just a Samba DC? What version of Samba and Solaris, on what hardware? What is the network and DNS topology? -b On 12/28/10 2:25 PM, "Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520 SMXS/MXDEC" <[email protected]> wrote: > Excellent information, thank you. > > Unfortunately, none of it solved my problem. > > I see a lot of "The specified network name is no longer available" error > messages all over the internet from Linux users, and none of the very few > solutions I have come across have worked for me. > > Anybody else able to chime in and take a guess as why my XP box is having a > problem talking to my Solaris/Samba box? Again, Win2K has no problems talking > to the Samba box - it's just XP. > > Refresh: This error happens when you try to browse using "My Network Places" > in the desktop. Mapping works fine, access works fine. Browsing is what > fails in XP. I need this to work or I'm looking at a huge and expensive > documentation change effort that few would understand. > > Still desperate for help on this. This problem happens with WinXP right out > of the box, we have nothing weird installed. > > Help! > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 12:45 PM > To: Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520 SMXS/MXDEC > Cc: John Drescher; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Samba] Need Help Getting Windows XP To Use Samba Properly > > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520 > SMXS/MXDEC <[email protected]> wrote: >> Other details: I do not use a DNS server, I use the hosts file in XP. > > Yes, but NetBIOS desires the lmhosts file. See my ancient (but still > valid) scribblings here: > http://realcomputerguy.com/networksetup.htm#hosts > > Chris > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read > the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
